New 'Printy trees' design available as a cushion cover and apron from my Envelop shop.
Thursday, 29 September 2011
Wednesday, 28 September 2011
Illustration wednesday
In an effort to jazz up my illustration
portfolio I'm trying to rustle up some new promotional pieces, so I
thought I would try and challenge myself to posting a new image every
week. Could be a bit of a tall order, but I'll see how I go.
I thought this autumnal tree image would be a good start as the trees are looking so pretty at the moment.
Thursday, 22 September 2011
Blown
I recently spent some time in Cornwall being taught a spot of
glass blowing by my dad. It was hot and tiring work but an exciting
challenge to be doing something totally different. I was lucky enough
to have the opportunity to spend a few days at it and I did begin to
see some improvements as the sessions went by.
Here's how I progressed...
Day three: Introducing a bit of colour
Day five: Paperweights, trying out a range of different techiniques with varying success...I got a bit of my wobble back.
Hopefully at some point there will be more where this came from, but in the mean time click here to see how the expert does it!
Here's how I progressed...
Day one: A very chunky, weighty, wobbly affair.
Day two: A little taller and a little thinner, still a bit wibbly, wobbly.

Day four: Here I
tried out applying different layers of colour and threading with clear
glass whilst having a go at some more interesting shapes. I fell in love with this blue

Hopefully at some point there will be more where this came from, but in the mean time click here to see how the expert does it!
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